16 But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 52:16

Commentary on Jeremiah 52:12-23

(Read Jeremiah 52:12-23)

The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.